Jack Ahern, vice provost for International Programs and professor of landscape architecture, gave a keynote talk on “Novel Urban Ecosystems for Urban Resilience” on Sept. 23 at the annual meeting of the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS) at the University of...

Epidemiology alumnus Nazeem Muhajarine was honored by the School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) at its 5th annual Fall Celebration on Sept. 27 in the Fine Arts Center.
Nearly 100 alumni, faculty, staff and students attended the brunch reception, which was held as part of Homecoming...

The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) is hosting a guest lecture by World Bank executive and alumnus Denny Kalyalya on Friday, Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. in Gordon Hall. Kalyalya, executive director at the World Bank representing the Africa Group I Constituency, will discuss “Financing for...

The Student Legal Services Office is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a panel discussion and an evening gala in the Marriott Center on Friday, Oct. 17.
The event opens with a panel on “National Security and Due Process” with attorney Burton Weinstein, Michael McAuliff, senior...

Alumnus Matt Golombek, senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will speak on “How to Select a Landing Site on Mars” on Friday, Oct. 3 at 3:30 p.m. in the Marriott Room on the 11th floor of the Campus Center as part of the Geosciences Department’s Alumni Reunion.

As part of Homecoming Weekend, the College of Engineering will hold its fifth annual Outstanding Alumni Awards Celebration on Friday, Sept. 26 at 5:30 p.m. in the Marriott Room, 11th floor of the Campus Center.

Representatives of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and the Special Collections and University Archives at the UMass Amherst Libraries will announce the campus’s acquisition of more than four decades worth of NORML’s records on Monday, Sept. 22.

The award-winning documentary film on race and culture, “40 Years Later: Now Can We Talk?,” will be shown in the UMass Amherst Student Union Ballroom on Friday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m., followed by a discussion led by the film’s producer, Lee Anne Bell, who earned a doctorate in social justice education at UMass Amherst’s College of Education in 1982.

To honor the courageous men and women who risk their lives to report from the world’s most dangerous places, the Institute for Education in International Media (ieiMedia) has established the James Foley Memorial Scholarship in memory of the photojournalist and UMass Amherst alumnus who was...